• 文献标题:   Multiple hot-carrier collection in photo-excited graphene Moire superlattices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WU SF, WANG L, LAI Y, SHAN WY, AIVAZIAN G, ZHANG X, TANIGUCHI T, WATANABE K, XIAO D, DEAN C, HONE J, LI ZQ, XU XD
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENCE ADVANCES
  • ISSN:   2375-2548
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Washington
  • 被引频次:   14
  • DOI:   10.1126/sciadv.1600002
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

In conventional light-harvesting devices, the absorption of a single photon only excites one electron, which sets the standard limit of power-conversion efficiency, such as the Shockley-Queisser limit. In principle, generating and harnessing multiple carriers per absorbed photon can improve efficiency and possibly overcome this limit. We report the observation of multiple hot-carrier collection in graphene/boron-nitride Moire superlattice structures. A record-high zero-bias photoresponsivity of 0.3 A/W (equivalently, an external quantum efficiency exceeding 50%) is achieved using graphene's photo-Nernst effect, which demonstrates a collection of at least five carriers per absorbed photon. We reveal that this effect arises from the enhanced Nernst coefficient through Lifshtiz transition at low-energy Van Hove singularities, which is an emergent phenomenon due to the formation of Moire minibands. Our observation points to a new means for extremely efficient and flexible optoelectronics based on van der Waals heterostructures.